Movies opening this weekend: ‘Ant-Man,’ ‘Trainwreck,’ ‘Mr. Holmes’ and more

‘Ant-Man’

Opens at 7 p.m. Thursday

Kansas City’s Paul Rudd becomes the latest Marvel superhero to reach movie screens, playing a skilled thief recruited by a scientist (Michael Douglas) who has invented a suit that not only allows its wearer to shrink to ant size but also gain superhuman strength. Their mission: keep the secret technology out of the wrong hands. Evangeline Lilly and Corey Stoll co-star. Rated: PG-13 | Time: 1:57

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‘Trainwreck’

Opens at 8 p.m. Thursday

After becoming a star through her popular TV skit show, Amy Schumer ventures into film with this comedy (directed by “Knocked Up’s” Judd Apatow) about a woman afraid of commitment who is trying to find an excuse not to date a nice guy (Bill Hader). Tilda Swinton and LeBron James co-star. Rated R | Time: 2:05

‘Mr. Holmes’

Opens Friday

Ian McKellen reunites with his “Gods and Monsters” director, Bill Condon, for this drama about the final years in the life of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, still trying to crack the one case that slipped away from him. Rated PG | Time: 1:44

‘Testament of Youth’

Opens Friday

Alicia Vikander (“Ex Machina”) stars in this adaptation of Vera Brittain’s 1933 autobiography, her story of abandoning her studies at Oxford to become a nurse and tend to soldiers — including German POWs and, eventually, becoming a pacificist. Rated PG-13 | Time: 2:09

‘Lila and Eve’

Opens Friday at Cinetopia

After her son is slain in a drive-by shooting, a grieving mother (Viola Davis) teams with another mother in her support group (Jennifer Lopez) to seek justice. Rated R | Time: 1:34